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Pope embarks on 10-day visit to Africa
Pope Leo XIV will today set out on a 10-day visit to Africa — his first as pope to this continent – visiting Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea. Source: America Magazine.
Algeria’s Christian community prepares to welcome Pope Leo
On Algeria’s sparkling Mediterranean coast, the city of Annaba is teeming with excitement as the one-time home of Saint Augustine readies for the country’s first visit by a Catholic pontiff. Source: The Australian.
Pope tells Monaco’s rich and famous to remember the poor
In the principality known for super yachts and sports cars, Pope Leo XIV urged Monaco’s wealthy citizens to remember the poor and protect every human life, calling on them to remember that the Last Judgment “places the poor at its centre”. Source: OSV News.
Pope to make 10-day Apostolic Journey to Africa
Pope Leo XIV will make a 10-day Apostolic Journey to Africa and two others in Europe, the Holy See Press Office announced yesterday. Source: Vatican News.
Pope will be on the move in 2026
Pope Leo XIV will visit ground zero of Europe’s migration drama, the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, and also minister to Italians poisoned by years of toxic dumping by the mafia, according to travel plans announced on Thursday by the Vatican. Source: Crux.
Pope gets invitation to visit Peru
Peru’s ambassador to the Holy See publicly invited Pope Leo XIV to visit his second homeland on Saturday, as 2026 is shaping up to be an important year for the Pontiff’s travel with trips under study for Africa and South America. Source: Crux.
Pope to travel to Angola in 2026, nuncio says
Pope Leo XIV will travel to Angola in 2026, the Vatican’s ambassador to the southern African nation said, adding yet another destination to the still-emerging slate of papal travel plans for the year. Source: NCR Online.
Maronite youth gather with Pope in Lebanon
Maronite Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay led a delegation of more than 40 young Australian Lebanese on a historic pilgrimage to Lebanon for Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic visit this week. Source: Maronite Eparchy.
Dialogue and respect could help end Middle East conflicts: Pope
At the end of his first foreign trip as Pope, which focused on dialogue, Pope Leo XIV said the examples of friendship and respect he had witnessed could serve as a helpful model for others. Source: CNS.